No Time To Stamp?

I needed a feminine sympathy card today and I chosefresh Eastercolors with my new Lavender Silk Ribbon. It is 1.5″ wide and works up like an absolute DREAM — so soft and lovely! It is available in 10 colors and 2 widths at My Ribbon Saleabove my blog banner.

Another simple card to put together! I used a favorite old stamp by Penny Black, inking it with ColorBox Chalk inks and stamping it 3 times without re-inking — easy! I cut the image with my Curved Rectangle Nesties and left the image in the die so I could sponge on the yellow shades, leaving my white border. My fancy corner is from my new Flourish Accent dies by Spellbinders. There is another corner the same in the lower right, but it’s not showing. I added a border punched with a Martha Stewart punch, a PTI sentiment, wrapped on my beautiful ribbon and called it done! Oh, almost forgot my rhinestones! Can’t forget those — the finishing touch!!!

Stamps: Blush by Penny Black. Sentiment from Out on a Limb Sentiments by Papertrey Ink.

Paper: PTI White, SU So Saffron and retired Uptown DP.

Ink: Color Box Chalk: Olive Pastel, Warm Violet, Dark Peony, Chestnut Roan, Yellow Citrus; SU (to sponge) Barely Banana and retired Marigold Morning; Versa Fine Onyx Black for sentiment.

Accessories: May Arts Silk Ribbon from My Ribbon Saleabove my blog banner; Spellbinders products: Petite Oval Nestabilities, Curved Rectangles, Flourish Accents; Martha Stewart Border Punch; SU Corner Rounder, Spongeand Dimensionals; Kaiser Rhinestones; Glue Glider.

Shopping:

My Ribbon Saleabove my blog banner has the Silk Ribbon anda variety of the May Arts Ribbons.

Joan’s Garden carries products used on this card by: Spellbinders, Kaiser, Martha Stewart, Glue Glider.

Thanks much for stopping in today! I also need a masculine sympathy card by Friday, so that should be up soon. Masculine sympathy cards are definitely harder for me — I have less appropriate stamps for them, but I’m sure I’ll dig something up!!! I’ll probably focus more on the sentiment than on an image — yes, that’s a good idea! Thanks for listening while I figured that out - LOL!!! Hope you’re having a great week!!! See you soon!!!

This card started out being for the CAS challenge at SCS — but now I’m wondering if it’s a bit much for CAS — do I dare upload it into that challenge? It IS the right layout required for today — decisions, decisions.I’ll think on it for a bit — LOL!!

Well, I used something new again today — fun!!! Today I broke into my brand new round 2 3/8″Wood Stamper by JustRite. It comes with a bonus center — this fun cupcake — AND with the 25 pt font to fit in the outer border — and I’ll tell you, it’s a super easy size to work with, being easy to see and easy to grab. This is all VERY GOOD!!! Here’s my card:

Just a fun card! CAS???? Truly, I do think it is, but perhaps the challenge police will disagree with me — LOL!!! My image is multi-layered using my Petite Circle Nestabilities and I used my fun 3/8″ gingham checked ribbon by May Arts. I like the 3/8″ width — it’s just a tad wider than the 1/4″ and I just prefer a bit *more* ribbon! Not a lot to explain here, so I’ll just show you a few close up photos:

My image is Copic colored with Dazzling Diamonds applied to the frosting. A cropadile punched holes for my ribbon. And a Kaiser Pearl serves as a black cherry on top of my cupcake!!

Here’s my Copic colors. This simple image was so quick and easy to color — my kind of coloring!

Here’sa lookat the 2 3/8″ Wood Stamper in its blister pack complete with the bonus center and 25pt Times New Roman font. Letters are missing because they are on the stamper, which you can see here:

Now, to create the project I made today, I did NOT stamp them as the unit shown above. I first stamped the cupcake (before adding the border letters) onto white cardstock, colored it and cut it with my Circle Nesties. I then removed my cupcake center and inserted all my border letters and then stamped my circular sentiment onto a yellow sheet from the DP pack and cut it out. I then cut a black mat for my cupcake and a black scalloped mat for my sentiment, layered them, and done!!! When layering circles like this, I always like the sharp contrast from adding black mats — just a favorite thing of mine! Then it just gets finished off perfectly by adding a few more black accents — in this case, the black gingham ribbon and black pearl.

Stamps: 2 3/8″ Wood Stamper with Bonus Center and 25 pt Font Set

Paper: White, Black, Urban Prairie DP by Basic Grey

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (for image) and Versa Fine Onyx Black (for sentiment)

Accessories: May Arts 3/8″ Gingham Ribbon, Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Kaiser Pearls, Cropadile, SU Corner Rounder, Glue Dots, Glue Glider, Quickie Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Shopping:

New JustRite Product- The 2 3/8″ Wood Stamper with Bonus Center and 25 pt Font Set are available at the JustRite Site for shipment on 4/10. If you need this product sooner, brick and mortar stores and on line sites have product available NOW.ThisJustRite Blog Post gives you the names and locations of brick and mortar stores as well as links to online stores where youll be able to get new product NOW!

My Ribbon Sale has the May Arts Gingham Ribbon used, as well as others.

Joan’s Garden carries the products usedby Spellbinders, Basic Grey, Kaiser and Glue Glider.

I’m so glad you checked in again today! I so enjoy getting a little project done each day to share here, and I hope to continue! Hope you are all enjoying nice weather (I’m still waiting!) and are getting your week off to a good start! See you soon!

Today’s card could serve equally as well as an Easter card or a baby girl card. I used an Easter sentiment for today. I’ve paired SU’s lovely Bella Birds DP, with a Martha Stewart Felt Applique Bunny and my gorgoues May Arts satin ribbon. Not much stamping here, just a fun card to put together.

If you missed my last post, I just want to point out that I’ve added new Sheers and SILKS to my humble little Ribbon Sale listed in the tab above my Blog Banner. I have really fallen for these luxurious silks — just so yummy!!! I have them in 10 colors and 2 widths and you can see them here. Back to my card for today, using pink silk — here it is:

See what I mean about it being suitable for either Easter or a baby girl? I think so, anyway! I’m loving pinks and yellows together of late and this card uses a bit of added grayish blue as well. The layout I used is from this week’s Weekend Sketch Challenge hosted this week by Charmaine.Easy and fun sketch! If some days you feel stumped, start with a sketch — it’s a sure fire way to get you going!!!Here’s some closer detail views:

I can’t tell you how much I’m loving using this new silk ribbon. My bow is made using the 1.5″ width. It is SO lightweight and it just ties up so nicely. And see my neat bow center/knot? Well I did that by taking the 1/4″ width of the same pink silk, running it through holes on my tags and thentying it to the bow knot. The 1/4″ width perfectly covered the real knot and makes for a neat appearance while also serving to hang my tags — and it’s quick and simple — no fuss!!! The sentiment stamps are from The Cross of Christ by Our Daily Bread and fit perfectly on my little Tags Trio dies by Spellbinders.

And here’s my Martha Stewart Felt Applique bunnyfrom a sheet I picked up at Michaels. He is just mounted on some Nestie cut ovals and the little scrollies in the corners are from my newFlourish Accent Nesties. Fun little do-dads!!! I just run them through my Xyron X and they stick wherever they are placed.

Stamps: The Cross of Christ by Our Daily Bread

Paper: SU White, Pink Pirouette, Barely Banana, Bella Birds DP

Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black

Accessories: May Arts Silk Ribbon available at My Ribbon Sale above my blog banner;Spellbinders: Petite Oval Nestabilities, Flourish Accent Nesties and Tags Trio; Kaiser Rhinestones; Glue Glider; SU Corner Rounder and Dimensionals; Martha Stewart Felt Applique.

Shopping:

May Arts Ribbon is available at My Ribbon Sale above my blog banner.

Joan’s Garden carries products used on this cardby Spellbinders, Kaiser, Glue Glider.

Thank you so much for stopping in again! I so appreciate it each time you do!!! I hope you all had a great weekend and are off to a good beginning of a new week!!! Thanks much — hope to see you again soon! Thanks!!!

I just received some gorgeous 100% Silk May Arts ribbon in 10 colors and 2 widths to add to My Ribbon Saleup above my blog banner — it’s soooo pretty!!! I also got 10 new colors of 1″ Sheer to sell by the roll. Check it out if you want to see some pretty ribbon!!!

Now on to my card. Today was a good mail day, if you know what I mean! I got many new things today and I played with severalon this simple wedding card. First of all, I HAD to try out my new Silk Ribbon, so I decided to make a wedding card and use black 1.5″ wide Silk — totally gorgeous stuff!!! Here’s my card:

I just got this beautiful wedding set by Inka, my swag on top is my new die cut by Spellbinders, and of course my black Silk Ribbonis new. That simple band of silk adds SUCH elegance to this card IRL — totally gorgeous!!! This was a quick and simple card, pretty muchCAS in my opinion. I love this bride/groom image. I apologize that the glue from my glue pen is showing through the Dazzling Diamonds in this photo. It does NOT show up one bit IRL — gosh, I wish I knew how to handle these situations with my camera — but I don’t, so we live with the blue - so sorry!!! It’s a lovely image that sparkles beautifully IRL!

Since my card base was black I had to do something to lighten up the inside. I used DP from SU and one of the sentiments from the same Inka wedding set. My new Arched Lattice Punch by Martha was new as of today, too! I love it and you’ll probably get tired of seeing me use itin a few days or weeks — LOL!!! I wrapped some 1/4″ Silk Ribbon around the bottom. I just wish you could see and touch these Silk Ribbons — they feel like nothing else, believe me! A true pleasure — and you can see all the colors at My Ribbon Sale.

Stamps: Wedding by Inkadinkado

Paper: White, Black, Pink Pirouette, Bella Birds DP by SU

Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black

Accessories: 100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts, Flourish Accent Shapeabilities and Long Rectangle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Arch Lattice Punch by Martha Stewart, Corner Rounder by SU, Kaiser Pearls, Quickie Glue Pen, SU Dazzling Diamonds, Glue Glider, Xyron X, SU Dimensionals.

Shopping:

Joan’s Garden carries the products used by Inkadinkado, Spellbinders, Kaiser, Martha Stewart, Versa Fine, Glue Glider.

My Ribbon Saleabove my blog header has the May Arts 100% Silk Ribbon, plus lots more.

I don’t post too often on a Friday night, so if you happen to stop in and see this — I thank you!!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend to look forward to!!! We have winter again, snow coming down — oh, how I wish for spring!!! LOL!!! It will come, in due time!!! Thanks much — see you soon!

Keyword ssnotime80 -There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload yourproject at Splitcoastand/or your Blog, anytime at all! You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!)can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Let’s Forget the Rules! Do you remember when we were kids (at least when I was a kid!!) we were taught not to mix patterns when we dress ourselves. I guess styles must have been rather bland back then — LOL!!! We would never wear a plaid skirt (remember those red wool plaid skirts?) with a printed blouse, or a striped jumper with a polka dotted blouse. We just DID NOT do it back then!!! Oh, but look at the fun we have today with patterned paper — Mix and Match — anything goes!!! And I love it!!! So today we are going to use EITHER stripes or dots and mix them with any other print or pattern you so desire! Or use the stripes and dots together if you like. You may use patterned paper or you may stamp your prints/patterns. Just make sure you use EITHER stripes or dots, or both!!! I LOVE both stripes and dots. And today you get bonus points if you can use 3 different prints together!!! Forget those old rules, let loose and have fun!!!

Check out the greatsamples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these designers:

1. Barb, March Guest Designer
2. Dee
3. Tammy
4. Janine
5. AJ
6. Jennifer
7. Julie
8. Becky

Please bear with us as we are all uploading and linking on Thursday night.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here.

What wonderful samples!!! Thank you girls!!! Much appreciated!!!

Heres my card for today where I combined 3 different prints:

I can never second guess the DT girls or any of the challenge players, but today if I had to guess, my guess would be that we’d get some cards a bit on the wild side with pattern and color — time will tell!!! So, with that thought in mind, I intentionally went mellow, combining both stripes and dots from the So Saffron Prints DP pack by SU. I then added a gingham check to the mix with 7/8″ wide May Arts gingham from My Ribbon Saleabove. In all honesty, this matched much better in the hollows of my basement stamp room tonight - and it nowlooks totally different under the bright lights of my photo tent — oh well, that happens - LOL!!! I still like it!!! This gingham is so soft, silky and pliable — I just love it!!! LOVE touching it!!! My image is Copic colored and I’m liking the combination of So Saffron and Pink Pirouette. Just a simple card - hope you like it!

Stamps: Both by SU: Friends 24-7 for image; Birds on a Branch for sentiment

Paper: SU: White, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron c/s and Prints DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black for image; Versa Fine Onyx Black for sentiment; Copics in G40, G63, RV11, YR21.

Accessories: May Arts Gingham from My Ribbon Sale, Long Rectangle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Glue Glider, Mounting Squares.

Shopping: May Arts Ribbon from My Ribbon Saleabove my Blog header.

Products by Spellbinders, Glue Glider and Mounting Squares are availableat Joan’s Garden.

Blog Candy, Anyone? Check it out overat the JustRiteBlog. I think it runs untilmidnight tonight!

I’m so glad you could stop in today to check out our Friday Stamp Simply Challenge! Hope you can find some time to give it a try - it’s a fun one!!! I hope to find some time to get my stamp room a bit organized this weekend — a never ending task!!! Hope you get to do something you enjoy!!! See you soon!

Each month on the 20th the Dirty Girls issue a challenge amongst themselves. I LOVED the challenge this month, but I never got to play on time, so here’s my challenge card, 4 or 5 days late!!! Oh well, it was fun and I really wanted to do it!!! What we had to do was take one of the very first cards we ever uploaded to SCS and re-make it, showing both cards — HOW FUN!!! You can check out all the other challenge entries here. Please do, it is SO FUN to compare the cards!!!

I chose to case the VERY FIRST card I uploaded to SCS on April 20, 2006– here it is:

It’s a wedding card forournephew and his bride. It was a recycling project. I cut their names from their wedding invitation and I tore the shell motif from the invitation as well. And here’s my 2009 remake:

Somewhat different, but still a lot of similarities. I kept the neutral color scheme, the names across the bottom, one single image focal point. I changed my ribbon treatment a bit and added more embellishments — pearls, a stick pin and scallops. My original card was 5.5″ square and my new card is 5.25″ x 7.5″ I’ve really been enjoying this size of late — gives me plenty of room!

The image from Friends 24-7 is embossed with Vanilla Embossing Powder onto Kraft paper — and I am so loving my Kraft for elegant cards — LOL — surprises me as I always viewed Kraft as a country type paper!!! Used my favorite Bella Bleu DP again and I added a lot of pearls to the focal image, along with a stick pin through the bow for some wedding formality.

For this card I stamped my names using the JustRite Trompe Fonts in both Uppercase and Lowercase - 50 pt. The Lowercase Trompe Fontis just out and can bepre-ordered on the JustRite site or it can be found nowin the brick and mortar and online stores listed in this Blog post. The Trompe Font sets were used with my Harmony Rectangle Stamper — lines them up perfectly — every time!!! Personalization has NEVER been so easy!!!

Stamps: JustRite Trompe Script Uppercase Font, Trompe Script Lowercase Font, used on the Harmony Rectangle Stamper; SU Friends 24-7

Paper: SU Very Vanilla, Kraft, Bella Bleu DP

Ink: Versa Fine Vintage Sepia, Versa Mark

Accessories: By SU: Vanilla Embossing Powder, Pretties Kit, Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon. Sheer ribbon by May Arts, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch, Labels I Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Kaiser Pearls, Glue Glider, Mounting Squares.

Shopping:

Joan’s Gardencarries Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Punches, Kaiser Pearls, Glue Glider and mounting squares.

My Ribbon Salehas May Arts ribbons (located in the tab above my Blog header).

Thanks much for checking in again today — truly appreciate it!!! The week is going by so quickly again — hope you are having a good one!!!

Ribbon and TONS of other prizes!!! The SCS Non-Raffle to benefit the victims of the Victorian Bushfires in Australiais wrapping up pretty soon. You may read all about it at the above link. Donations are being accepted through March 25 (that’s tomorrow, Wednesday) and all the prize winners will be announced on March 28. You may view the Prize Gallery here. Looks like there are 82 prizes now, but they continue to come in. Here’s my donation:

My donation is 25 yards of May Arts Ribbon. The assortment can be seen in the photo. There is both 1.5″ and 3/8″ wide Grosgrain Stripes and Gingham Checks. Fun ribbon!!!

Be sure to check out this link to read about the Non-Raffle, learnhow to donate, and see what you could win!!!

Thanks much — have a great day!!! I did upload a post with a card as well, scroll down one post!

JustRite meets Clean and Simple — a perfect pairing for today! Gosh, I just don’t know where the days go sometimes. It’s Monday again and I so look forward to doing the CAS Challenge over at SCS each Monday — and here the day is almost gone, but I got it done! A super simple little card, totally generic — great to keep on hand — here it is:

Today’s CAS challenge called for the use of punches — so out comes my handy-dandy Martha Stewart lace punch — always a quick and easy treatment that lends a warm country/homey feel! I just punched the bottom of the card top, then I adhered DP from Raspberry Tart (SU) on the inside of my card (just an inch on the bottom)– instant color and POP for my lace! I then wrapped my 1.5″ May Arts Gingham around the card front (it is adhered under the image), and popped up my image on top! Fun, clean and simple!

Here’s an angle so you can actually see how the bottom is done. My image is Copic colored and I’ll bet you wouldn’t guess, but it’s from a new JustRite set! They are coming out with the cutest colorable images — fun stuff! This was the Bonus Center that comes with the new 2″ Wood Stamper. Being JustRite it, of course, is intended to have words around the border, but this being a CAS card, I left them out — remember, CAS = quick and easy — so I took the easiest route and just used the center image. And I cut it with my Labels 1 Nesties rather than the traditional JustRite circles — love that there are options!!! This set also comes with new 15 pt font that fits in the border — next time I’ll be sure to use that — can’t WAIT to try the new size font!!!

Stamps: Wood Stamper 2″ with Bonus Center by JustRite

Paper: PTI White, SU Raspberry Tart DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: 1.5″ May Arts Gingham from My Ribbon Sale above, Labels 1 Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Lace Punch, Mounting Squares, Glue Glider.

Shopping:

New JustRite products are now available — check out this Blog Post for links to both brick and mortar as well as online stores.

Joan’s Garden carries the Martha Stewart punches, Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Mounting Squares and Glue Glider.

My Ribbon Sale above has the 1.5″ May Arts Gingham, among other May Arts Ribbons.

I have several announcements today:

Check out the celebration with give-aways at the JustRite Blog.

Check out the new and fun challenge being offered at Polished to Perfection.

Check out Sabrina’s new blog, SJButterflyDreams. Remember Sabrina? She’s the one who got me set up with all those GREAT stick pins and pretties. You’ll LOVE her work!!!

Check out the SCS Non-Raffle to benefit the victims of the Victorian Bushfires in Australia and help out if you can!!!

I think that wraps it up for today — thanks so much for stopping in — I’ll be back real soon!!! Have a great week!!!

I finally got back to my Sue’s Kitchen projects! And I had help on this one from Martha. I purchased a Martha Stewart Bag Set, but decided it needed a little spicing up (sorry, Martha). The set was on a 1/2 price sale at Michael’s the last time I was there (about 2 weeks ago) and it consisted of 15 of the square bottom cello bags with heavy DP inserts, pre-scored to fit (as you see in the bags), and narrow white grosgrain ribbon. Cute to throw together quickly — sure! But I KNEW we could do better!!! Here’s my finished product:

Aren’t they fun! And those are supposed to be delicious homemade cookies wrapped up in the tissue. I, of course, had no such thing on hand, but I know Sue will!!! Sue loves to make up gift bags of treats, so I made these especially with her in mind - not that I’m making up the entire set for her — oh NO — but I’m giving her the remainder so she can make them up herself, using these as inspiration and guidance. I hope she likes them!!!

The bottom of Martha’s bag was plain, so I personalized it with my JustRite font sets and Spellbinders Double Ended Tags die. I also added the lace doily, cutting it down a bit to fit in the bag perfectly. And the top of Martha’s bag was rather plain, too, so I added the scalloped white lacy border, using one of Martha’s lace border punches. I think it adds a lot! And, of course, I thought my 1.5″ May Arts Gingham Ribbon was a huge improvement over Martha’s narrow white grosgrain - LOL!!! And now that I’ve been a bit tough on Martha, let me say that I KNOW she would have had beautifully baked cookies in her bags, whereas I merely have mason jar rings wrapped in tissue under the pretense of being cookies — LOL!!! Seriously, these ARE cute little bag sets to pick upand personalize for your own needs, and I’m sure that was Martha’s intent all along!!!

From Sues Kitchen was done on the smaller of the Harmony Rectangle Stampers with Times New Roman Font, both Uppercase and Lowercase (in 25 point), except the S that was done with Special Occasions Font. I LOVE mixing up the font sets for an interesting look! The Times New Roman LowercaseFont is available from JustRite on 4/10, but you can get those sooner if you like. Check out this post on the JustRite Blog for a list of both brick and mortar and online stores.

Stamps: Times New Roman Lowercase, Times New Roman Uppercase, Special Occasions Font, Harmony Rectangle Stamper, all by JustRite.

Paper: White, Martha Stewart Bag Set from Michaels (bags and scored DP)

Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black

Accessories: 1.5″ Gingham May Arts Ribbon from My Ribbon Saleabove my Blog banner, Double Ended Tags by Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Lace Punch, Doilies, Brads, 1/4″ Hole Punch, Glue Glider.

Super Simple Ribbon Treatment

I’d like to take a minute here today and show you how to do this type of bow. I get a lot of questions about bow tying. Many of you feel you aren’t able totie a decent bow. Well, this is the perfect ribbon treatment for bow challenged stampers!!! I know many of you are very familiar with this treatment, but for those who aren’t, here we go:

Punch holes in your card top. As I knew I wanted to use a 1.5″ wide ribbon today, I used a 1/4″ hole punch. The ribbon runs through each hole twice, so this is a perfect size hole for this ribbon treatment when using such wide ribbon. Cut your ribbon long enough that you have room to trim your ends when done. Cutboth ribbon ends at sharp angles tomake it easy to run them through the holes.

Run the ribbon through the holes to the card back, as shown. With both ribbon tails on the back side, now take one, cross it over, and run it through the hole to the front, as shown.

Now take the 2nd ribbon tail and cross it over and run it through the other hole to the card front. The 2nd photo shows what the card front now looks like.

Merely trim your ribbon ends in whatever fashion you like, and you are done!!! This ribbon treatment can have different looks depending on how far apart you punch the holes. You’ll note the pre-punched holes in my Martha bag were farther apart, giving one look, whereas I punched my holes closer on this sample, giving more the look of a standard bow. This is a perfect ribbon treatment for those who feel they can’t tie a decent bow!!! It comes out perfect, every time!!!

Thanks for stopping in again! Hope you are having a good weekend. We really got dumped on with a heavy, wet snow again. I just wish spring would come, and STAY!!! Leaving you with warm spring wishes!!!

A few things first:

Most importantly, #1) Please pray for a teenage boy named Nick who was accidentally shot in the head, and for his family. They are fromOhio, near where Tammy lives. You may read more about this tragedy on her post here (scroll to the bottom of the post). They are in desparate need of prayer — (Editing — Tammy reports here that Nick has passed away. Please continue in prayer for this family, especially the younger brother involved in the incident — thank you.)

#2) I’ve just added 7/8″Gingham Checked Ribbons in 10 colors to My Ribbon Sale at the TAB above myblog header, or click here.OK, now on to our challenge:

Keyword ssnotime79 -There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload yourproject at Splitcoastand/or your Blog, anytime at all! You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!)can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

You’ve Been Tabbed! Today’s challenge is all about little bits of ribbon — ribbon TABS that is. Rather than adorning our card with wrapped ribbon or bows, let’s just use a bit of ribbon and make ribbon tabs — wide, narrow, whatever — let’s just make sure we have at LEAST one ribbon tab on our project today. Anything else goes!! Let’s all show each other how much fun we can have with our little scraps of ribbon!!! Anything you can do with a small piece of ribbon is what we’re after! And the most important rule HAVE FUN!!!

Check out the greatsamples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these designers:

1. Barb, March Guest Designer
2. Dee
3. Tammy
4. Janine
5. AJ
6. Jennifer
7. Julie
8. Becky

Please bear with us as we are all uploading and linking on Thursday night.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here.

What wonderful samples!!! Thank you girls!!! Much appreciated!!!

Heres my card for today using a little ribbon tab, but I also used a longer ribbon, too:

Fun to make — and easy — only a stamped sentiment! Just playing with pretty things! I LOVE my new Bella Bleu paper by SU — and I’m using Kraft again, 2 days in a row - never before — LOL!!! I think I am falling in love with Kraft, especially with this gorgeous Bella Bleu!!! And this paper was a perfect match with my tan and white gingham ribbon (available in 2 widths at My Ribbon Sale above). I LOVE the combination of prints here — fun stuff!!! I also did one thing on this card that I rarely do. This is a top fold card and to wrap my ribbon I cut a slit in the top. I just typically don’t care to do that — it just bothers me to cut my card — LOL — but I know it’s perfectly OK!!! No harm done!!! And I love the look of the ribbon done this way on this card, so today it was a perfect solution. I just have to learn to loosen up — LOL!!!

Editing to Add: Bella Bleu is in the current BIG catalog by SU. I’ve been receiving emails all morning as no one can find it. I probably messed you up when I called it new paper — all I meant was that it is new to me — I just got it — but it is in the regular big book! Sorry about that!

Stamps: Bird on a Branch by SU

Paper: SU: Kraft, Bella Bleu DP

Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black

Accessories: May Arts Gingham Ribbon (available at My Ribbon Sale above), Wal-Mart Buttons and Hemp, Needle, Thread, Glue Glider, and from SU: Large and Small Oval Punches, Corner Rounder, Eyelet, Cropadile, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Kraft Knife.

Thank you so much for stopping in today. Hope you can find time to play this fun challenge. I’m anxious to see what all of you and the DT girls come up with! Hope you take the time to check all the links above, too!!! I should be back with another post later today if all goes well — the Dirty Girls have their monthly challenge today (20th), and this is one I REALLY want to do — hoping I get it done!!! See you soon!!! Have a great weekend!!!